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Al Hirt
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Other Nicknames include “Al (He’s the King!) Hirt” and “The Round Mound of Sound.”
Date of Birth: 7 November 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date of Death: 27 April 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (liver cancer)
Height: 6’ 2” (1.88 m)
Alois Maxwell Hirt, known as “Al” or “Jumbo”, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpet, which had been purchased at a local pawnshop. He would play in the Junior Police Band with the children of Alcide Nunez, and by the age of 16, Hirt was playing professionally, often with his friend Pete Fountain. During this time, he was hired to play at the local horse racing track, beginning a six-decade connection to the sport.
In 1940 Hirt went to Cincinnati, Ohio to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Dr. Frank Simon (a former soloist with the John Philip Sousa Orchestra). After a stint as a bugler in the United States Army during World War II, Hirt performed with various Swing big bands, including those of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Ina Rae Hutton. In 1950 he became first trumpet and soloist with Horace Heidt’s Orchestra.
Hirt then returned to New Orleans, working with various Dixieland groups and leading his own bands. Despite Hirt’s statement years later “I’m not a jazz trumpet and never was a jazz trumpet” he made a few recordings where he demonstrated ability to play in that style during the 1950s, notably with bandleader Monk Hazel and a few other recordings on the local Southland Records label.
Date of Birth: 7 November 1922, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date of Death: 27 April 1999, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (liver cancer)
Height: 6’ 2” (1.88 m)
Alois Maxwell Hirt, known as “Al” or “Jumbo”, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a police officer. At the age of six, he was given his first trumpet, which had been purchased at a local pawnshop. He would play in the Junior Police Band with the children of Alcide Nunez, and by the age of 16, Hirt was playing professionally, often with his friend Pete Fountain. During this time, he was hired to play at the local horse racing track, beginning a six-decade connection to the sport.
In 1940 Hirt went to Cincinnati, Ohio to study at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Dr. Frank Simon (a former soloist with the John Philip Sousa Orchestra). After a stint as a bugler in the United States Army during World War II, Hirt performed with various Swing big bands, including those of Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, and Ina Rae Hutton. In 1950 he became first trumpet and soloist with Horace Heidt’s Orchestra.
Hirt then returned to New Orleans, working with various Dixieland groups and leading his own bands. Despite Hirt’s statement years later “I’m not a jazz trumpet and never was a jazz trumpet” he made a few recordings where he demonstrated ability to play in that style during the 1950s, notably with bandleader Monk Hazel and a few other recordings on the local Southland Records label.
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oldfisherman wrote:
green hornet is the same of harry james flight of bumble bee these are best players try to listen to harry james.everybody must heat the voıce of trumpet ant these people
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Akerfeldtrise wrote:
Green Hornet is a great song!
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tigerbeerx wrote:
They are great, I got all their albums here na http://mp3bumbule.com/find/?criteria=Al+Hirt
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bubble12 wrote:
Soul in the horn... One of the best cds ever.
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nHyena wrote:
I wonder how red Al Hirt's face got when making Green Hornet.
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ostego wrote:
Al Hirt's similar artists radio is virtually Kill Bill scores shuffled together. :I
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dancetoska wrote:
Sure is.
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comlag225 wrote:
I gotta say Green Hornet is one hell of a horn peice.
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